I'm the same as Anna actually. I've been vegetarain for a couple of years now, but want to go vegan soon (in the next month or so). I take a multivitamin to make up for what I don't get through meat. I know if you eat right and all that you don't need a MV, but I work weird hours and have a two hour round trip commute to work as well. Always making super healthy meals isn't doable. Does anyone else take a MV? Or not?

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Posted by Nephtys80 on Oct 24, 2013 · Member since May 2010 · 75 posts

Hiya Kyle, I take a vegan multivitamin (VEG1 from the Vegan Society). I try to eat healthily a lot of the time, but you can't get everything through food: B12 isn't reliably present in any plant food (excluding fortified plant milks, which I would also classify as supplementing), and a lot of people - not just vegans - are vitamin D deficient: vitamin D is also not available from non-fortified plant foods.

In addition to that, I take a vegan Omega 3 DHA/EPA supplement to be on the safe side, because while you can get plenty of omega 3 ALA from plant sources, the medical jury is out on whether your body adequately converts it it.

As a woman, I'm also careful to get enough calcium, through fortified plant milks mostly, as you have to eat pretty huge servings of all the plant foods that are calcium sources.

Good luck on your journey!!! My whole post sounds a bit technical now, so let me add this: A vegan diet, done well, is fantastic for your body, living in a way that is commensurate with your values is fantastic for the soul, and vegan food is delicious :)